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PANAMA CITY, Fla. The founder of "Girls Gone Wild" had a doctor's note and did not appear at a Panhandle court hearing. The attorney for Joe Francis says his client was in a Mexico hospital, suffering from an acute ear infection, high fever and vertigo. During Friday's hearing, U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak said the courtroom would be open to the public and media for the case involving four local women's civil suit filed against Francis and his company.  

Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis has appealed to a U.S. judge to grant him access to his bank accounts after his assets were frozen when he was slapped with a $34 million (£21.3 million) bill for unpaid taxes. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) bosses filed a lien against the adult filmmaker earlier this month, alleging he failed to pay his dues in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Francis claims federal officials locked down personal accounts containing more than $100 million (£62.5 million) on Tuesday, despite hi  

PANAMA CITY, Fla. The founder of "Girls Gone Wild" had a doctor's note and did not appear at a Panhandle court hearing. The attorney for Joe Francis says his client was in a Mexico hospital, suffering from an acute ear infection, high fever and vertigo. During Friday's hearing, U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak said the courtroom would be open to the public and media for the case involving four local women's civil suit filed against Francis and his company.  

Joe Francis had a doctor's note and was in a Mexico hospital, his attorney said Friday, but he still was the center of attention and an "obsession," according to a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Richard Smoak touched on several issues during a hearing Friday on four local women's civil suit filed against the founder of "Girls Gone Wild" and his company, Mantra Films Inc. One of the most controversial was whether the courtroom would be open to the public and media during the trial, which is scheduled

He has worked hard to establish himself as a scoundrel of the first order   -Richard Smoak

 

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Joe Francis, president of the company that produces the "Girls Gone Wild" videos, failed to appear as ordered for a hearing in federal court today, according to uncomfirmed reports. Instead, Francis' attorney presented the court with a note from a doctor in Mexico that said Francis was suffering from an inner ear infection and could not travel. The hearing today was scheduled to decide whether the case would continue to trial in January as planned.  

An Altha woman who was at the center of a Calhoun County sex scandal last year has settled her two million dollar federal lawsuit for just 15-thousand dollars. Lisa Vaughn's case came to light in the spring of 2008 when she secretly videotaped a Calhoun County corrections officer trying to extort sex from her. Transport officer Billy Strawn was fired and arrested as a result.  

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